Congolese flee widespread unrest

Kinshasa, 2 April-(ANA)-Some 250,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been displaced following an operation to flush out Hutu rebels, aid agency Oxfam has said.

The joint operation against the rebels earlier this year was hailed as a great success by both Rwanda and DR Congo.

But now that the better-trained and equipped Rwandan army has left DR Congo, the Hutu militia is reportedly re-emerging from the forests.

Oxfam says various armed groups are now attacking civilians in the east.

Marcel Stoessel, Oxfam's country director in DR Congo, said the continued insecurity in North Kivu Province was making it difficult to deliver aid to those displaced. (ANA)

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